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Romney defends Biden’s handling of Chinese balloon
The Hill ^ | 02-09-2023 | ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 02/09/2023 11:37:04 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday defended President Biden’s reaction to the flight of a Chinese surveillance balloon across the United States and said he agreed with the president’s decision to shoot it down off the coast of South Carolina.

Romney said he was satisfied with answers he received from senior administration officials, including Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, at an all-senators classified briefing on the incident.

“My questions were satisfactorily answered and I believe the administration, the president, our military and our intelligence agencies acted skillfully and with care. At the same time, their capabilities are extraordinarily impressive,” Romney told reporters after the briefing.

Romney said the administration could have done some things differently but noted it’s always easy to second-guess decisions in hindsight.

“Was everything done 100 percent correctly? I can’t imagine that would be the case of almost anything we do,” he said.

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To: ChicagoConservative27
"Romney defends Biden’s handling of Chinese balloon"

He won't win many points among Republicans for defending a liar.
41 posted on 02/09/2023 12:42:23 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: dangus

China owns much of TESLA. They have more of our space and other technology then these lying politicians will ever admit.

A multimillionaire who owns the company Tesla used to go into space has gov contracts for being a minority. These darn 8a minority owned companies are mostly trash without Gov hand out’s. For those of us who have fought for it freedom does not have that special flavor we once knew. Sadly, punks like Biden and Obama have trashed OUR USA. How did these lying pukes ever get TS security clearances? How about LIE Detectors? I HAD TO PASS A LIE DETECTOR FOR A TS.


42 posted on 02/09/2023 12:43:32 PM PST by Lumper20 (Ham)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

At the risk of being flamed here is a possible reason for handling the balloon in the manner it was. Maybe we wanted the actual apparatii in the baloon. Shooting it down over land might cause damage making recovery unuseful. Shooting it down over the Pacific might make recovery impossible as the west coast has no continental shelf and depths reach a mile very wuickly. Shooting it down off the Carolinas made recovery of little damaged tech much more likely. Now was thiz worth exposing the US military bases and comms to Chinese tech? I don’t know but it that exposure was limited by countermeasures then this might explain the Admin’s actions.


43 posted on 02/09/2023 12:50:10 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Utah, please, get rid of this clown.


44 posted on 02/09/2023 12:50:16 PM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That settles it. Romney is an idjit!


45 posted on 02/09/2023 12:53:07 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The butt monkey speaks his usual wisdom...


46 posted on 02/09/2023 12:56:56 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Defending the indefensible. There is no rationale for letting a foreign countries spy equipment fly over our entire nation. Biden and Mitt 2 treasonous pricks.


47 posted on 02/09/2023 12:58:57 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think he does it for free. So long as he bucks his own party, he gets his pitcher in the papers.


48 posted on 02/09/2023 1:00:16 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just become a Democrat already, Pierre. We all know you’re A rat scum.


49 posted on 02/09/2023 1:00:26 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m really surprised he would do this. /s


50 posted on 02/09/2023 1:02:07 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: SoConPubbie

51 posted on 02/09/2023 1:03:18 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Swampy-Rommy can go sink.


52 posted on 02/09/2023 1:08:52 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: Widget Jr
Respectfully, my FRiend, I do not agree even a little.
53 posted on 02/09/2023 1:22:59 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Romney’s nose gets darker by the day.


54 posted on 02/09/2023 1:24:29 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mitt, you don’t belong here.


56 posted on 02/09/2023 1:35:07 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: SoConPubbie

He’s a REAL,RINO or real democrat.


57 posted on 02/09/2023 1:36:34 PM PST by Pearfect
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To: xkaydet65

Very true as I would have downed any commie balloon as we killed any Chink we ran into across the border. From Obama to Biden look up the corporations we have lost to these rotten punks. Both of these POS have become rich by selling you, me, and all Americans out. How did Obozzo get the money to live near the Kennedy family? He sold us out. Hang him and Biden.


58 posted on 02/09/2023 1:47:12 PM PST by Lumper20 (Ham)
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To: DoughtyOne

Agree.


59 posted on 02/09/2023 2:10:33 PM PST by Lumper20 (Ham)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Romney is a Moron (sic), right?


60 posted on 02/09/2023 2:32:56 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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